Westwood Holdings Group Inc (WHG) short interest & short volume · 97K shares short
Westwood Holdings Group Inc official short interest (FINRA, twice monthly) and daily short volume (FINRA Reg SHO), with history, % of float and days to cover.
What changed
WHG short interest fell 5.8% to 97K shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report (6.5 days to cover). Daily short volume averaged 41.6% of volume over the last 20 sessions, down from 50.0% the 20 sessions before, the 8th percentile of its own 20-day averages since Sep 23, 2025.
Short interest
Official, twice monthly · settled Oct 15, 2026
- Shares short
- 97K
- prior 102K
- % of float
- —
- no float on file
- Days to cover
- 6.5
- avg vol 15K
- Change vs prior report
- -5.8%
Days to cover is short interest divided by FINRA's average daily volume for the period: how many average days of trading it would take shorts to buy back.
Source: FINRA equity short interest (twice monthly) · Settlement Oct 15, 2026
Daily short volume
Share of each day's volume sold short · FINRA Reg SHO
- Latest (Nov 2)
- 55.3%
- 6K of 12K
- 20-day average
- 41.6%
- prior 50.0%
- Percentile vs own history
- 8th
- 233 periods since 2025
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Source: FINRA Reg SHO daily short sale volume · Latest Nov 2, 2026
Short squeeze score (model)
Price since settlement: -1.6%
Model, not a forecast: 40 pts short interest % of float (full at 30%), 25 pts days to cover (full at 10), 15 pts rise in short interest since the prior report (full at +50%), 20 pts price gain since the settlement date (full at +25%). Missing inputs score 0.
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Market-wide: most shorted stocks, biggest changes and unusual short volume · WHG overview
| Date | Short | Total | Short % of volume |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-11-02 | 6,433 | 11,625 | 55.3% |
| 2026-10-30 | 97 | 309 | 31.4% |
| 2026-10-29 | 258 | 1,030 | 25.1% |
| 2026-10-28 | 552 | 1,088 | 50.7% |
| 2026-10-27 | 687 | 1,398 | 49.1% |
| 2026-10-26 | 192 | 550 | 34.9% |
| 2026-10-23 | 1,332 | 1,740 | 76.5% |
| 2026-10-22 | 447 | 2,055 | 21.8% |
| 2026-10-21 | 392 | 1,293 | 30.3% |
| 2026-10-20 | 295 | 2,455 | 12.0% |
Financials peers with similar quant ratings
WHG among 516 rated Financials stocks (Lician quant rating, Nov 4, 2026). How the rating works
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WHG short interest FAQ
What is WHG's short interest?
Westwood Holdings Group Inc (WHG) had 97K shares sold short and not yet covered in FINRA's Oct 15, 2026 settlement report.
How many days to cover does WHG have?
6.5 days: 97K shares short divided by an average daily volume of 15K for the Oct 15, 2026 period.
Is WHG short interest rising or falling?
WHG short interest fell (-5.8%) from 102K to 97K shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report.
Is WHG a short squeeze candidate?
Lician's squeeze watch scores WHG 16 out of 100 (low) from the Oct 15, 2026 report: days to cover 16.2/25, change in short interest vs prior report 0/15, price change since settlement date 0/20. It is a transparent model of how crowded the short side is, not a forecast that a squeeze will happen.
What share of WHG daily volume is sold short?
41.6% on average over the last 20 sessions to Nov 2, 2026 (FINRA Reg SHO daily short volume; the 8th percentile of its own 20-day averages). Short volume counts market makers' same-day short sales, so it is not short interest.
What was WHG's latest FINRA short volume?
On Nov 2, 2026, cached FINRA short volume for Westwood Holdings Group Inc (WHG) was 6,433 shares, 55.3% of 11,625 total volume.
How many WHG short-volume sessions are listed on this page?
This page lists 10 cached FINRA short-volume sessions for Westwood Holdings Group Inc (WHG), from Oct 20, 2026 through Nov 2, 2026.
How did WHG short volume percent change from the prior cached session?
Cached FINRA short volume for Westwood Holdings Group Inc (WHG) moved from 31.4% on Oct 30, 2026 to 55.3% on Nov 2, 2026, up 23.9 percentage points.
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